Darby has another science project, similar to the recent Bug Hunt, only this time involving leaves. We've got to collect, identify, and display twenty-five leaves by this time next week. So, in addition to having her pick up leaves here and there over the weekend, I took Darby to the same nature trail we had gone to previously. That trip didn't yield as many bugs as I would have expected, but I knew there would be leaves galore at that trail. I was correct as it turns out, and as such, I'm pretty sure we got all the leaves we need in that one effort.
While leaf-gathering, we observed an amazing thing. I'll call it, the butterfly tree. First, I just saw a couple butterflies on a branch that I pointed out to the girls. Then we noticed more, and still yet more. Turns out they were everywhere, covering nearly the entire tree. I wish I were able to take a photograph that could properly express the magnitude of the find. But because it was dusk, any picture I took from farther than a couple feet and without the flash turned out quite poor.
The irony of the discovery is that we walked by that same tree two weeks prior, when we were specifically seeking out bugs. A butterfly would have been a nice addition to our bug collection, but there were none to be found anywhere at the time.
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